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UPLOADING MUSIC FROM MY EXTERNAL HD.I have a MAC of 2022 with chip M1 and ventura 13.5.2

Good evening, I have a problem that I would like to explain to you. Until yesterday I had uploaded 7000 songs+videos to MUSICA. The music files were hosted on an external disk, I had no load on the internal disk (the total capacity of the internal disk is only 500GB). Yesterday the external disk broke, I had a back up and I tried to reload songs and videos on MUSIC. The problem is that now the songs are loaded onto the internal disk. (To transfer the songs I open the external disk and I double click on the song. This way the song is loaded into MUSIC,but the files are uploaded on internal disk). I would like to know how I can do to keep the music files on the external disk without them passing onto the internal disk where I have no space. I hope I have been clear. Please help me .thanks-Michele

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 12, 2023 9:55 AM

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ryane77

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Posted on Sep 13, 2023 8:42 AM

Hi ANTELAO,

As we understand it, you were storing your Music library on an external drive that's no longer functioning and have some questions about storing your content. Is that right?

We'd like to clarify. You mentioned the external drive is not functioning. When you say you want to keep the files on the external drive, are you referring to using a different working drive? We want to be sure we fully understand what's happening, but as a start, this is your best guide for setting a location for your Music library: Change where your music files are stored on Mac - Apple Support

We hope that helps. Let us know if you have any questions.

Take care.

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